Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has claimed that the ethnic conflicts in Manipur have their “genesis in faulty policies” of previous Congress governments in the Northeastern state.
Assam CM Accuses Congress Government Of Being Responsible For Ethnic Conflict In Manipur
The Chief Minister accused the Congress of displaying “duplicity” in its interest in Manipur now, compared to when its leaders “didn’t even utter a word” during turmoil under the grand old party’s regimes at the Centre and state.
“The pain arising from multi-ethnic conflicts in Manipur has its genesis in faulty policies of Congress governments during the formative years of the state. Repairing fault lines created by 7 decades of misgovernance will take time,” he wrote on Twitter.
Moreover, the Chief Minister claimed that Manipur had become the “blockade capital” during UPA’s tenure, and between 2010-2017, when Congress ruled the state, there were blockades ranging from 30 days a year to up to 139 days a year. During 2004-2014, when Congress was ruling the nation and the state, more than 991 civilians and security personnel were killed in the state. The statistic has reduced by 80 per cent since May 2014.
